Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
UN General Assembly Winds Down with Friday Speech by Alleged War Criminal Israeli PM Netanyahu, NY Film Festival Begins, Global Citizen Concert, Fall for Dance Fest & the 2nd Annual Inwood Jazz Festival in Manhattan; Greek Orthdox Festival at St. Catherine & St. George Church, the St Francis of Assissi Carnival in Astoria, Oktoberfest at Bohemian Hall, Amazing Maize Maze / Corn Fest at Queens County Farm, see QUEENS MEMBER CALENDAR for performance of My Uncle Sam at 3AM, Hellgate Walking Tour, Stemocracy at the NY Hall of Science & the Conch Shell Film Fest next week in Queens; the Atlantic Antic, Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival, Zum Schneider Fest, Book Fair, Atlantic Avenue Antic & Climate Week on Governor's Island in Brooklyn; the 5th African Heritage Month Festival, Chekov's Uncle Vanya Theater & Raft of the Medusa Performance in the Bronx; and the Snug Harbor / SI Museum 74th Annual Fence Show, the New Dorp Car Show & St. Ann's Comic Book Carnival on Staten Island & Rosh Hashanah on Thursday 10/3
September 27, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analytis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather Forecast as of 9.27.24. Sunrise 6.49 am & Sunset at 6.43 pm. There's a 60% chance of a quarter inch of rain on Saturday between 12 noon and 7 pm. Both Friday and Sunday [with the possible exception of early morning before 7 am] should be rain-free. The temperature highs will be in the low 70's all weekend, while the temperature lows will range from the high to low 60's, also all weekend. The winds will range from 7 - 12 mph all weekend, while the humidity will be in the 70's all weekend. A pretty stable forecast, with the exception of that spot of rain Saturday afternoon / early evening.
The photo above / at right, was taken at a Zum Schneider festival in a prior year. The festival returns to Brooklyn this weekend.
Friday FINAL Edition at 4.45 pm. This is almost done or done. Looks like a good / manageable Fall weekend weather-wise, with plenty of fun and interesting things to do. Enjoy.
Things To Do This Weekend in NYC
September 22 - 30, 2024 - The United Nations General Assembly begins. Dignitaries and diplomats will begin convening in earnest Sunday. Already this Friday 9/20/24, various groups that want to be heard, will be protesting the mishandling of their issues by various governments around the world. Road closures along the east side of Midtown, near the U.N. [generally in the low 40's streets], begin as early as Saturday evening at 8 pm, so be prepared for extra traffic jams in Manhattan.
- This year they seem to have improved their communication effort and the following items are on the week long agenda. On Sunday, Monday, 9/22 & 9/23 they will be discussing sustainable development goals for international trade and development. On Tuesday, 9/24 they will showcase success stories of sustainable development efforts made 'round the world. On Wednesday, 9/25 they are hosting a plenary of sea level rise threats. On Thursday, 9/26 they will discuss anti-microbial resistance and efforts to combat it, as well as how to rid the world of nuclear weapons. On Wednesday thru Saturday, 9/25 - 9/28 & Monday, 9/30 there will be a high level debate about how the world can work together to make sure that nobody is left behind. On Tuesday, 9/24/24 President Joe Biden will address the General Assembly. For details and video links see - UN General Assembly in NYC 2024. https://www.un.org/en/webtv.un.org. For special reports on two of the world's military hotspots see our prior reports - 1) Why are American - not Israeli - taxpayers funding Israel's Expansionist Imperialism and 2) Ukraine Defends Against Russian Imperialism.
- Alleged war criminal, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, will speak to the United Nations on Friday. There was a rally on Thursday afternoon [see poster], which didn't make sense to me in terms of timing. On Friday evening and through the weekend, watch for biased reporting of Netanyahu's speech by most major American TV outlets. Pay particular attention to what excerpts they show, and the context or lack of context they provide around those excerpts, as well as what they present of the other side of the story, as the Palestinians do not have a country and therefore are not directly represented at the United Nations. Netanyahu and Israel have always portrayed themselves as the victims, but oftentimes it appears as though it is they who are the victimizers. In this most recent flare up, Israel has reportedly decimated over 85% of Gaza, while killing over 41,000 people of whom 67% were women and children, and the Israeli military inflicted life-changing injuries on 22,500 people and counting. Israel has also been making incursions into the West Bank, and now plans a ground offensive in Lebanon. Netanyahu and Israel don't seek peace, because they are not paying for their wars. We are. Or shall I say, Why are we? And in fact Israel actually profits significantly from these wars by making resource and land grabs from its neighbors, including the oil fields in Syria and settlements in Gaza and along the West Bank. Israelis also greatly benefit from having early access to U.S. military technologies, which has enabled Israel to produce more billionaires per capita than the United States [and their billionaires don't have to pay taxes for Israel's wars, while ours do]. Meanwhile our government dishonestly talks about peace, while funding war. This year alone, the U.S. government has taken $20 billion out of American taxpayers' pockets and given it to Israel for their aggressive, seemingly genocidal wars, no strings attached. And since the mid 1940's U.S. taxpayers have given over a quarter trillion dollars [in todays currency] to Israel, which is a small nation with a population of 10 million [which is only 1.5 million larger than NYC], with no strings attached. If the American government really wants peace in the region, all they need to do is start putting their money where their mouth is. That means stop funding Israel's offense, by cutting back aid levels to provide defense only. And, as with Ukraine, put limits on how our aid and weapons may be used. That this hasn't been done so far, is why Netanyahu and the Israeli military dismisses us without a second thought. Israel's offense is an American blindspot because American TV doesn't provide fair and balanced reporting of it. Click this link to learn more about how America is being manipulated by Netanyahu, the Israelis and their TV allies here in the U.S., to provide free funding for Israel's expansionist wars.
Thursday, October 3, 2024 is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. May this coming Jewish New Year of 5785 be a more peaceful and harmonious one than the past year has been.
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Friday, September 27 - October 14, 2024 - Times Vary - NY Film Festival - At Lincoln Center at 65th Street and Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side. A film festival including films from around the nation and around the world. Ticket prices range from $20 - $130. For details and tickets - see https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2024/. Not an UWS street festival, but rather a film festival on the UWS.
Saturday, September 28, 2024 - Doors open 2 pm / Concert starts at 4 pm - Global Citizen Concert - In Central Park on the Great Lawn between 5th Avenue and Central Park West and between 72nd Street and 86th Street. The gates close at 8 pm and the concert ends at 10 pm. Last year you had to bring printed tickets as mobile tickets were not being accepted, so pay attention when you purchase them. Admission $250 - $299 via www.ticketmaster.com. For details see - https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/festival/nyc/2024/ - NYC street fairs / festivals Manhattan.
Sunday, September 29, 2024 from 10 am to 7 pm - 2nd Annual Inwood Jazz Festival - at Inwood Hill Park on Pat's Lawn at West 218th Street and Indian Road in Manhattan. Free. For details see - https://www.inwoodjazzfestival.com/
Wednesday, September 18 - 29, 2024, all shows begin at 7.30 pm except Sunday matinees at 2 pm - Fall for Dance Festival. At the NY City Center at 131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. Tickets are $30 and performances last about an hour and a half. For details and tickets - https://www.nycitycenter.org/ This is not a st fair but rather a cultural festival.
September 2024 - Blue Note Jazz - The Blue Note always has something going. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/BlueNoteNYC
Gramercy Theater concerts - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, September 27, 28 & 29, 2024 from 5 pm to 11 pm, 12 noon to 11 pm & 11 am to 10 pm respectively - Greek Orthdox Festival at St. Catherine & St. George Church at 22-30 33rd Street in Astoria. For details see - https://ny.goarch.org/
Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 11.30 am to 9 pm - St Francis of Assissi Carnival - At 21-18 46th Street at the St. Francis Academy between 21st Avenue & Ditmars. Street fairs in Astoria. Food, rides, live music, entertainment, games, face painting & things for sale. For details see - https://sfaacademy.org/ or FB - https://www.facebook.com/SFACAAstoria
- Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 10 am to 6 pm - Richmond Hill Block Assn 49th Annual Park Fair - in Forest Park at Myrtle Avenue & Park Lane South in the Richmond Hill neighborhood in Queens. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/events/forest-park-dr-richmond-hill-ny-11418-united-states/richmond-hill-block-association-49th-annual-park-fair/2229663884092585/
- * Richmond Hill _ Sunday, September 29, 2024 - Children's Fair - see FB url above.
Saturday & Sunday, September 13, 14, 15, 20, 27, 28 & 29, 2024 from 12 noon to 12 midnight & 10 pm on Sundays - Oktoberfest at the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden in Astoria. The Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden is located at 29-19 24th Avenue [at 31st Street]. They usually offer a special menu, drink specials, giveaways and there's usually a pig roast in the beer garden. Not a street fair in Astoria, but an ethnic food & drink festival. For details see - https://www.bohemianhall.com
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, September 7 - October 26, 2024 from 2 to 5.30 pm Fridays, and from 11 am - 4.30 pm Saturdays & Sundays - Corn Fest / the Amazing Maize Maze at the Queens County Farm at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. I think this is replacing the Queens County Fair. For details and $14 / $10 tickets [kids age 3 and under free] see - https://www.queensfarm.org
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On Saturday 9/14 there's a mid Autumn Festival at APEC [Alley Pond Environmental Center] in eastern Queens. On 9/20 & 9/21 the play Nunsense is being performed, and a Community Arts Day in Kew Gardens, also on 9.21.24 the Flavored Food & Wine Festival at Queens College, on 9/22 STEMOCRACY at the NY Hall of Science, on 9/22 & 10/6 the Hellgate Walking Tour and on 9/27 & 9/28 'My Uncle Same' at 3 AM Theater in LIC - see the Member Calendar for details and to buy tickets. In October on 10/10 there's the Conch Shell International Film Festival at the Regal Cinema in Forest Hills.
Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Friday & Saturday, September 27 & 28, 2024 from 5 pm to 8.15 pm & 12 noon to 8 pm respectively - Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival. In the Plaza at 300 Ashland Place at the corner of Lafayette and Flatbush. This event will feature live music, dance, talks and theater. There might be some shopping, but that doesn't appear to be the focus. Downtown Brooklyn street fairs / festivals nyc. For details see - https://www.dbartsfestival.org/ or https://www.downtownbrooklyn.com
Friday, September 27 to Sunday October 6, 2024 [excluding Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday] - Zum Schneider Fest - in a tent adjacent to the 3 Dollar Bill bar and restaurant at 260 Meserole Street in Brooklyn. The times are generally from 5 - 10 pm, except Sunday 12 noon - 8 pm, and on Saturday there are two seatings from 12 noon - 4.45 pm and from 5.15 - 10 pm. This is a traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest which for years had been held in Manhattan along the East River at 23rd Street, but moved to Brooklyn in 2022. Tickets start at $15 and on up for groups, food and drinks. For details see https://nyc.zumschneider.com/
Saturday & Sunday, September 28 & 29, 2024 - Brooklyn Book Festival. Saturday, from 10 am to 4 pm there's Childrens Day at the Brooklyn Commons. Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm Literary Festival at Brooklyn Borough Hall. For details see - https://brooklynbookfestival.org
Sunday, September 29, 2024 from 12 noon - 6 pm - the Atlantic Antic. Along Atlantic Avenue from 4th Avenue in Boerum Hill, to Hicks Street in Cobble Hill & Brooklyn Heights. This Brooklyn Street Fair is billed as the largest and oldest street festival in Brooklyn and has ethnic food, live entertainment and shopping. In the past they had approximately 500 food, drink and shopping vendors along with 11 stages of live entertainment. For details see - https://www.atlanticave.org
September 21 - 29, 2024 - Climate Week. Various programs - see website. For details see - https://www.govisland.com/things-to-do/events
Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
- Saturday, September 28, 2024, from 3 to 8 pm - 5th Annual African Heritage Month Festival at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. There will be cultural performances, music, food and possibly shopping. Free. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/events/398824959313748/?ref_source=newsfeed&ref_mechanism=feed_attachment&action_context=%257B%2522action_history%2522%253A%2522null%2522%257D&_rdr
- Last year there was also an event at Lou Gehrig Plaza near the Grand Concourse. Saturday, September 16, 2023 from 10 am to 5 pm, African Heritage Festival in Joyce Kilmer Park at 161st Street between the Grand Concourse and Walton Avenue in the Concourse neighborhood of the Bronx. Music, dance, food and shopping. See - https://bronxboropres.nyc.gov/event/african-heritage-festival/
Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 10 am to 6 pm - 3rd Annual Bronx Summit - at the Dream Charter School at 20 Bruckner Blvd. Organized by Live from the Bronx. For details and $25 tickets see - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bronx-summit-tickets-685245346277?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&from=bf5a648f355311ee8bc80a7921e60b56
Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday & Saturday, September 20, 22, 26, 27 29 & October 5, 2024 beginning 7 pm Thursday & Friday, 2 pm & 5 pm Saturdays & Sundays except final night 10/5 when it begins at 8 pm - Anton Chekov's Uncle Vanya by the Red Monkey Theater Group in the Bartow Pell Mansion - at 895 Shore Road in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. For $40 / $30 tickets and details see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org.
Next week _ Thursday & Friday, September 26 & 27 and October 4 & 5, 2024 beginning at 8 pm and Sundays, September 29 & October 7 beginning at 3 pm and 7 pm - Raft of the Medusa - at The Point located at 940 Garrison Avenue in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx. The play is performed by the Open Hydrant Live Theater who claim to be the only Professional Actors Equity Assn Theater Co serving Bronx Youth [this statement has not been confirmed]. For details and $23 tickets see - INST - https://www.instagram.com/openhydrant/ - WS isn't secure - http://www.openhydrant.org - their website is not secure per google, but Eventbrite should be ok.
MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. See the Bronx Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function has been fixed by providing this link - Bronx Buzz New Member Sign Up. The Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association (PPNA) is hosting the DEP Commissioner at its monthly meeting on Tuesday September 10, 2024. The DEP Commissioner is responsible for air and water quality, among other important environmental issues. Click the Bronx Member Calendar link above for details. Saturday, 10/26/24 beginning at 12 noon - 39th Annual Bronx Halloween Parade - in Bill Rainey Park in the Longwood neighborhood of the Bronx. This years theme - Zombie Apocalypse. Free. Click link above for parade details.
Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 11 am to 5 pm - 74rd Annual Fence Show at Snug Harbor. At the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden at 1000 Richmond Terrace in the Randall Manor neighborhood of Staten Island. This is a long-running tradition featuring 140 artists who sell their creations on the Snug Harbor lawn. Last year they added a biergarten, where you could pay $25 for a German pretzel and a couple of homebrew club tastings. This year there wasn't any mention of that one way or the other. For details see - https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/74th-annual-fence-show/
Saturday & Sunday, September 27 & 28, 2024 from 2.30 to 8 pm and from 10 am to 4 pm respectively, St. Ann's Comic Book Carnival. At St. Ann's at 125 Cromwelll Avenue in Dongan Hills on Staten Island. Food, music and comic book vendors. Proceeds go to St. Ann School renovations. For details see - FB - https://www.facebook.com/StAnnComicBook/
Sunday, September 29, 2024 from 9 am to 3 pm - New Dorp Classic, Antique, Custom & Exotic Car Show - along New Dorp Lane between Hylan Blvd and South Railroad Avenue in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island. The show includes music, entertainment, vendors and the car show. Free to attend and $25 to enter your car which is done on site beginning at 7 am. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/ExploreNewDorp
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Have another great Fall weekend.
October 11, 2024 vs 10.4.24 / 
Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 10.30 am to 7 pm - 29th Annual Panamanian Parade & Festival. The event opens with a ceremony at 10.30 am at Bergen Street and and Franklin Avenue. The parade begins at 12 noon starting at Bergen and heading down Franklin Avenue, turning west at President and then heading north along Classon Avenue. The parade ends in Dr. Ronald McNair Park which is the triangle park next to the Brooklyn Museum at Classon and Eastern Parkway. The parade is followed by a festival with dance, music, food and shopping in the park along Classon between President and Eastern Parkway. For details see - www.panamanianparade.org. Parades in Brooklyn.
Sunday & Monday, October 13 & 14, 2024 beginning at 10 am Sunday, drumming begins at 12 noon - Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration - on Randalls Island. They describe it as follows, "... 24 hours of Cultural Performances, Music, Vending, Food, Spoken word, Guest Speakers, Artist and an evening concert ... ". There's also a daylight water ceremony on Monday. Free, but no drugs or alcohol. For more information see - WS - https://ipdnyc.squarespace.com or INST - https://www.instagram.com/ipdnyc/
Saturday & Sunday, October 12 & 13, 2024 from 12 noon - 67 Saturday, and until 5 pm Sunday - 13th Annual Fall Festival and Italian Exotic Car Show - update of details below to follow next week.
October 6, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
September 22 - 30, 2024 - The United Nations General Assembly begins. Dignitaries and diplomats will begin convening in earnest Sunday. Already this Friday 9/20/24, various groups that want to be heard, will be protesting the mishandling of their issues by various governments around the world. Road closures along the east side of Midtown, near the U.N. [generally in the low 40's streets], begin as early as Saturday evening at 8 pm, so be prepared for extra traffic jams in Manhattan.
NYC Weather Forecast as of 8.30.24. Sunrise 6.20 am & Sunset at 7.31 pm. Some rain expected Saturday night and early Sunday morning, so it should be a good weekend. Temperatures in the 80's during the day and 70's at night. A gentle breeze and humidity climbs gradually during the weekend, falling again on Monday.
August 27, 2024 / 
NYC Weather Forecast as of 7.19.24. Sunrise 5.41 am & Sunset at 8.22 pm. The temperature highs will be in the mid 80's all weekend, while the temperature lows will be in the low 70's all weekend. Winds will be a light breezy 4 - 7 mph all weekend. The humidity will be 40% - 60% on Friday, rising to 50% - 70% on Saturday and Sunday. No rain is in the weekend forecast. Not a bad weekend.
On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, from 8 am to 8 pm, there's a protest against alleged War Criminal Benjamin Netanyahu at the Capitol in in Washington, D.C.
As I conducted my research, I decided that NOT to inquire about the Mayor's - seemingly unappreciated or underappreciated - Herculean effort to manage the huge influx of immigrants into NYC. This situation, turned crisis, began when Texas Governor Greg Abbott began bussing immigrants from Texas border towns, beginning in August 5, 2022, to NYC. Governor Abbott began transporting immigrants here without any communication nor coordination with NYS Governor Hochul or NYC Mayor Adams.
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The Jouvert then marched east along Empire Boulevard before turning south on Nostrand Avenue and terminating at Winthrop. I arrived a bit before noon, at Empire Blvd and Nostrand, where the Jouvert Parade had already passed. The Jouvert Parade involves participants adorning themselves with paint and powder, sometimes sharing it with others in a style that reminded me of the Indian Holi celebration.
Four years ago, on August 31, 2019, I visited the Floyd Bennett Airfield with the intention of doing a story on it, which - until now - I had not had an opportunity to do. On that visit, I biked the airfield, took photos in both the museum and peeked through the dusty windows of the hangars and warehouses on the airfield, to photographed our recent past.
Weather. There's a 60% probability of about a third inch of rain beginning sometime between 3 and 6 pm Sunday. The rest of the weekend should be clear. The temperature highs will be around 80 and the lows in the mid 60's all weekend. Humidity will range from 50% - 60% all weekend, except Sunday night when it rises to near 80% due to the rain. The winds will vary throughout the weekend from about 15 mph Friday, to 5 mph Saturday and 10 mph Sunday. All in all, not a bad weather weekend.
